42-74640
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 551FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.
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P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned 335th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF. 9-43. Forced Landing Engine Failure Cat 4 damage, pilot Clemens A Fiedler, Debden/Sta 356. 2-9-43. ROS, Assigned 551FTS, 495FTG, 8th AF. 9-44, Mid Air Collision with Thunderbolt 42-74640 Cat 5, pilot 2nd Lt John D Heagney, Tibberton Green Farm, Tibberton, KIA. 23-9-44.
Assigned Pilots Lt Howard D (Deacon) Hively, Aubrey C Stanhope, Burt C Wyman, Clemens A Fiedler and John D Heagney.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 551FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.
Group
The 495th Fighter Training Group, which operated in England from December 1943, trained P-47 Thunderbolt pilots. These pilots, who had received the basic training in the USA would be assigned to a training group to practise ETO operational procedures...
Group
Some of the pilots of the 4th Fighter Group had seen many hours of combat by the time they joined the 4th Fighter Group as they had volunteered with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. The three 'Eagle Squadrons' of RAF Fighter...
Squadron
The 335th Fighter Squadron was the offspring of No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron RAF. Formed on 21 May 1941, No. 121 was the second of the three Eagle Squadrons composed of American volunteers flying out of England. They were known as the "Chiefs" and were...
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 4th Fighter Group
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. A/C P-51B 43-7190 struck by flak while strafing Romarantin Airdrome in France. Determining he could not make it back, he called on the R/T informing his escorts of his intention to bail out. Twice he rolled the...
Military | Second Lieutenant | pilot | 495th Fighter Training Group
Pilot P-47 Thunderbolt 41-6233. Mid Air Collision in P-47 41-6233 with P-47 42-74640, pilot 2nd Lt John D Heagney, Tibberton Green Farm, Tibberton, KIA. 23-9-44.
Military | Major | Fighter pilot | 4th Fighter Group
Howard Hively hailed from Columbus, Ohio, and Norman, Oklahoma. While becoming interested in oil leases and attempting to form an aero-exploration firm, he saw a poster in a Dallas hotel inviting him to join the RAF's Eagle Squadrons. He applied, was...
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter Pilot | 4th Fighter Group
Joined RAFVR, assigned to 121 Sqn RAF (Eagle), transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF,
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Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 4th Fighter Group
Wyman was killed in action on 29-Jan-44 when his P-47 42-75119 was shot down by enemy fighters.
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Military site : airfield
RAF Debden, construction of which began in 1935, is perhaps most famous as a Battle of Britain fighter airfield, partly responsible for the defence of London in 1940. In 1942 it was also home to three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons’ of volunteer American pilots...
Event | Location | Date |
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Assigned | Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | September 1943 |
Assigned 335th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF. |
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Crashed | Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 2 September 1943 |
Forced Landing Engine Failure Cat 4 damage, pilot Clemens A Fiedler, Debden/Sta 356. 2-9-43. |
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Repair On Site ROS | Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 4 September 1943 |
Repair On Site. |
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Assigned | Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK | September 1944 |
Assigned 551FTS, 495FTG, 8th AF. 9-44. |
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Crashed | Tibberton, Newport, Telford and Wrekin TF10, UK | 23 September 1944 |
Mid Air Collision with Thunderbolt 42-74640 Cat 5, pilot 2nd Lt John D Heagney, Tibberton Green Farm, Tibberton, KIA. 23-9-44. |
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Manufactured | Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | |
Built by Republic. |
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Delivered | United States | |
To USAAF. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 August 2015 15:13:10 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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Roger Freeman Photo. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
15 March 2015 16:41:59 | apollo11 | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, manufacturer, markings and person associations |
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Personal research & 'Eighty-One Aces of the 4th Fighter Group' by Frank Speer. |